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SanDRocK · May 13th, 2001

I'm dissiding on a new cpu/mobo config and have in narrowed down between 2 choices i'd really like feed back on which you guys think is better....

1.= Asus A7A266 Socket A MB with 2 DDR dimm slots and 3 SDR dim slots with a AMD Athlon TBird 1200E (266MHz FSB) PGA CPU

or

2.= FCPGA - Dual PIII - S370 - Abit VP6 with 2 PIII 700's

prices are just about the same with a $100 or less dif

cluthu · May 13th, 2001

Are you using an OS that supports multiple procs and doing alot of math-oriented tasks in applications that support SMP? If so, then the two PIIIs. In all other cases the TBird.

**Betamax** · May 13th, 2001

If youre going for the dual processor you'll need windows 2000

cluthu · May 13th, 2001

>If youre going for the dual processor you'll need windows 2000
Or SMP-friendly Linux (2.4.x), certain versions of Solaris, or IRIX.

May 13th, 2001

or BeOS...

May 13th, 2001

Concerning Win2k, programs have to include SMP support as well, not just the OS..

SanDRocK · May 14th, 2001

i already have win2k i'm running it now......

SanDRocK · May 14th, 2001

which cpu/mobo config do u guys think is better tho?:confused: :confused:

bobotns · May 14th, 2001

The Athlon system is the best!! (why not a 1,33 GHz one?)
BTW, the motheboard must have an AMD-760 or VIA KT266 Chipset, all others are not that fast!

May 14th, 2001

Umm, no...

You should only need to grab those if you want DDR SDRAM, the KT133A chipset is fine... Not to mention SiS's DDR Chipset owns the AMD760 and KT266

SanDRocK · May 14th, 2001

whats wrong with the A7A266 MB it no good?

Spec Summary

Socket A for AMD® AthlonTM / DuronTM 550MHz ~ 1GHz+ CPU

ALi® M1647 266MHz FSB chipset with ALi® 1535D+ South Bridge

266/200MHz Front Side Bus

2 x DDR DIMM Sockets Max. 2GB PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAM
3 x SDRAM DIMM Sockets Max. 3GB PC133 SDRAM

1 x AGP Pro/AGP 4X/2X/1X
4 x PCI
1 x PCI/AMR Shared

2 x UltraDMA/100

2 x USB Ports
1 x Parallel
2 x Serial
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse

Two Headers Support Additional 4 USB Ports
20-pin ASUS Panel
ASUS® iPanel Connectors
SIR (Integrated Serial Infrared)

Phuzzi · May 14th, 2001

The A7A266 uses the ALi MAGiK1 chipset, although it's been proven to be fast when streaming from memory, it has high latencies built into it which hurts game performance badly. If you can't wait, the best AMD DDR RAM chipset atm is the AMD760, else try and wait for a SiS 735 based mobo, it smokes everything so far.

SiS 735 reference board review: http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardwa...ew/default.asp

And remember retail boards normally run faster than reference boards

SanDRocK · May 15th, 2001

any1 know what the price's gonna be on the SIS board?

and is it really gonna be that good?

SanDRocK · May 15th, 2001

oh ya forgot, any1 know when the SIS 735's gonna be out?

Phuzzi · May 15th, 2001

Firing Squad only had a reference board, but apparantly SiS have said several motherboard manufacturers are in the design stages. So you'll be waiting quite a few months for retail SiS 735 based boards to ship. If you can't wait, AMD760 is a good performing chipset.

SanDRocK · May 15th, 2001

i can wait, was just curious is all

May 18th, 2001

The Athlon, definately the Athlon. The T-Bird processor you mention is either the same as the one I have, or very close to it. Mine is also a T-Bird 1200 266FSB. It is a fantastic processor. I have seen performance increases everywhere. I highly reccommend that you go w/that one.

sincerely,
sx/amiga

View Poll Results: Which is Better.......
Asus A7A266 Socket A MB with 2 DDR dimm slots and 3 SDR dim slots with a AMD Athlon TBird 1200E (266MHz FSB) PGA CPU	7	100.00%
FCPGA - Dual PIII - S370 - Abit VP6 with 2 PIII 700's	0	0%
Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

May 13th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
SanDRocK StizowneD Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 298	?????????????????????? I'm dissiding on a new cpu/mobo config and have in narrowed down between 2 choices i'd really like feed back on which you guys think is better.... 1.= Asus A7A266 Socket A MB with 2 DDR dimm slots and 3 SDR dim slots with a AMD Athlon TBird 1200E (266MHz FSB) PGA CPU or 2.= FCPGA - Dual PIII - S370 - Abit VP6 with 2 PIII 700's prices are just about the same with a $100 or less dif __________________ Gaming Rig OS= Vista Ultimate 64Bit CPU = Pent D extreme 3.4GHz w/ HT Mobo = Dell mobo based on intel 955X chipset Ram = 2Gigs 667MHz DDR2 SDRam HDD = 320Gig Raid0 Array (2x 160Gig SATA2 (16meg cache each) 10000RPM GFX = ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum (512Meg DDR3 model) 21" Dell Widescreen LCD Audio = SBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty on 5.1 Digi suroundsound Faster than a Burning Bud, More Powerfull than a hit from a bong, Able to eat huge amounts of snacks, Look through the smoke.. Its a skunk...... Its a grassfire...... Its.... Its.... GanjaMAN!!! Man of WEED (TM)

May 13th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
cluthu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 513	Are you using an OS that supports multiple procs and doing alot of math-oriented tasks in applications that support SMP? If so, then the two PIIIs. In all other cases the TBird. __________________ "...everything else is just theory."

May 13th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	If youre going for the dual processor you'll need windows 2000 __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

May 13th, 2001	#4 (permalink)
cluthu Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 513	>If youre going for the dual processor you'll need windows 2000 Or SMP-friendly Linux (2.4.x), certain versions of Solaris, or IRIX. __________________ "...everything else is just theory."

May 13th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
CDBuRnOuT Guest Posts: n/a	or BeOS...

May 13th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
CDBuRnOuT Guest Posts: n/a	Concerning Win2k, programs have to include SMP support as well, not just the OS..

May 14th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
SanDRocK StizowneD Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 298	i already have win2k i'm running it now...... __________________ Gaming Rig OS= Vista Ultimate 64Bit CPU = Pent D extreme 3.4GHz w/ HT Mobo = Dell mobo based on intel 955X chipset Ram = 2Gigs 667MHz DDR2 SDRam HDD = 320Gig Raid0 Array (2x 160Gig SATA2 (16meg cache each) 10000RPM GFX = ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum (512Meg DDR3 model) 21" Dell Widescreen LCD Audio = SBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty on 5.1 Digi suroundsound Faster than a Burning Bud, More Powerfull than a hit from a bong, Able to eat huge amounts of snacks, Look through the smoke.. Its a skunk...... Its a grassfire...... Its.... Its.... GanjaMAN!!! Man of WEED (TM)

May 14th, 2001	#8 (permalink)
SanDRocK StizowneD Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 298	which cpu/mobo config do u guys think is better tho?:confused: :confused: __________________ Gaming Rig OS= Vista Ultimate 64Bit CPU = Pent D extreme 3.4GHz w/ HT Mobo = Dell mobo based on intel 955X chipset Ram = 2Gigs 667MHz DDR2 SDRam HDD = 320Gig Raid0 Array (2x 160Gig SATA2 (16meg cache each) 10000RPM GFX = ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum (512Meg DDR3 model) 21" Dell Widescreen LCD Audio = SBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty on 5.1 Digi suroundsound Faster than a Burning Bud, More Powerfull than a hit from a bong, Able to eat huge amounts of snacks, Look through the smoke.. Its a skunk...... Its a grassfire...... Its.... Its.... GanjaMAN!!! Man of WEED (TM)

May 14th, 2001	#9 (permalink)
bobotns Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 183	The Athlon system is the best!! (why not a 1,33 GHz one?) BTW, the motheboard must have an AMD-760 or VIA KT266 Chipset, all others are not that fast!

May 14th, 2001	#10 (permalink)
CDBuRnOuT Guest Posts: n/a	Umm, no... You should only need to grab those if you want DDR SDRAM, the KT133A chipset is fine... Not to mention SiS's DDR Chipset owns the AMD760 and KT266

May 14th, 2001	#11 (permalink)
SanDRocK StizowneD Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 298	whats wrong with the A7A266 MB it no good? Spec Summary Socket A for AMD® AthlonTM / DuronTM 550MHz ~ 1GHz+ CPU ALi® M1647 266MHz FSB chipset with ALi® 1535D+ South Bridge 266/200MHz Front Side Bus 2 x DDR DIMM Sockets Max. 2GB PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAM 3 x SDRAM DIMM Sockets Max. 3GB PC133 SDRAM 1 x AGP Pro/AGP 4X/2X/1X 4 x PCI 1 x PCI/AMR Shared 2 x UltraDMA/100 2 x USB Ports 1 x Parallel 2 x Serial 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse Two Headers Support Additional 4 USB Ports 20-pin ASUS Panel ASUS® iPanel Connectors SIR (Integrated Serial Infrared) __________________ Gaming Rig OS= Vista Ultimate 64Bit CPU = Pent D extreme 3.4GHz w/ HT Mobo = Dell mobo based on intel 955X chipset Ram = 2Gigs 667MHz DDR2 SDRam HDD = 320Gig Raid0 Array (2x 160Gig SATA2 (16meg cache each) 10000RPM GFX = ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum (512Meg DDR3 model) 21" Dell Widescreen LCD Audio = SBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty on 5.1 Digi suroundsound Faster than a Burning Bud, More Powerfull than a hit from a bong, Able to eat huge amounts of snacks, Look through the smoke.. Its a skunk...... Its a grassfire...... Its.... Its.... GanjaMAN!!! Man of WEED (TM)

May 14th, 2001	#12 (permalink)
Phuzzi Offending nations since '83 Join Date: May 2001 Location: England Posts: 265	The A7A266 uses the ALi MAGiK1 chipset, although it's been proven to be fast when streaming from memory, it has high latencies built into it which hurts game performance badly. If you can't wait, the best AMD DDR RAM chipset atm is the AMD760, else try and wait for a SiS 735 based mobo, it smokes everything so far. SiS 735 reference board review: http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardwa...ew/default.asp And remember retail boards normally run faster than reference boards Last edited by Phuzzi; May 14th, 2001 at 19:03.

May 15th, 2001	#13 (permalink)
SanDRocK StizowneD Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 298	any1 know what the price's gonna be on the SIS board? and is it really gonna be that good? __________________ Gaming Rig OS= Vista Ultimate 64Bit CPU = Pent D extreme 3.4GHz w/ HT Mobo = Dell mobo based on intel 955X chipset Ram = 2Gigs 667MHz DDR2 SDRam HDD = 320Gig Raid0 Array (2x 160Gig SATA2 (16meg cache each) 10000RPM GFX = ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum (512Meg DDR3 model) 21" Dell Widescreen LCD Audio = SBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty on 5.1 Digi suroundsound Faster than a Burning Bud, More Powerfull than a hit from a bong, Able to eat huge amounts of snacks, Look through the smoke.. Its a skunk...... Its a grassfire...... Its.... Its.... GanjaMAN!!! Man of WEED (TM)

May 15th, 2001	#14 (permalink)
SanDRocK StizowneD Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 298	oh ya forgot, any1 know when the SIS 735's gonna be out? __________________ Gaming Rig OS= Vista Ultimate 64Bit CPU = Pent D extreme 3.4GHz w/ HT Mobo = Dell mobo based on intel 955X chipset Ram = 2Gigs 667MHz DDR2 SDRam HDD = 320Gig Raid0 Array (2x 160Gig SATA2 (16meg cache each) 10000RPM GFX = ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum (512Meg DDR3 model) 21" Dell Widescreen LCD Audio = SBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty on 5.1 Digi suroundsound Faster than a Burning Bud, More Powerfull than a hit from a bong, Able to eat huge amounts of snacks, Look through the smoke.. Its a skunk...... Its a grassfire...... Its.... Its.... GanjaMAN!!! Man of WEED (TM)

May 15th, 2001	#15 (permalink)
Phuzzi Offending nations since '83 Join Date: May 2001 Location: England Posts: 265	Firing Squad only had a reference board, but apparantly SiS have said several motherboard manufacturers are in the design stages. So you'll be waiting quite a few months for retail SiS 735 based boards to ship. If you can't wait, AMD760 is a good performing chipset.

May 15th, 2001	#16 (permalink)
SanDRocK StizowneD Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 298	i can wait, was just curious is all __________________ Gaming Rig OS= Vista Ultimate 64Bit CPU = Pent D extreme 3.4GHz w/ HT Mobo = Dell mobo based on intel 955X chipset Ram = 2Gigs 667MHz DDR2 SDRam HDD = 320Gig Raid0 Array (2x 160Gig SATA2 (16meg cache each) 10000RPM GFX = ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum (512Meg DDR3 model) 21" Dell Widescreen LCD Audio = SBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty on 5.1 Digi suroundsound Faster than a Burning Bud, More Powerfull than a hit from a bong, Able to eat huge amounts of snacks, Look through the smoke.. Its a skunk...... Its a grassfire...... Its.... Its.... GanjaMAN!!! Man of WEED (TM)

May 18th, 2001	#17 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	The Athlon, definately the Athlon. The T-Bird processor you mention is either the same as the one I have, or very close to it. Mine is also a T-Bird 1200 266FSB. It is a fantastic processor. I have seen performance increases everywhere. I highly reccommend that you go w/that one. sincerely, sx/amiga

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